Trevor Brooking, the former England and West Ham midfielder, has received a knighthood for services to sport in the Queen's Birthday Honours.

Brooking's honour comes in recognition of his years in sports administration as an outspoken former chairman and vice-chairman of Sport England, as well as his football career.

Now the FA's director of football development, he joins an elite group of footballing knights.

Brooking said: "This is a wonderful honour and a huge privilege. My family and I are very excited by the news."

Wales manager Mark Hughes was made an OBE while the BBC's legendary cricket statistician Bill Frindall has been awarded an MBE for services to the sport and broadcasting. The same honour goes to England women's cricket captain Clare Connor.

Turbaned tennis line-judge Raghbir Mhajan, a familiar figure at Wimbledon, is made an MBE as is Nottingham boxer Jawaid Khaliq, who claimed the IBO world welterweight title earlier this year.

Wales snooker player Mark Williams also gets an MBE in recognition of a fantastic year in 2003. Williams won the world title for a second time along with the UK championships and the Masters at Wembley to scoop snooker's triple crown.

Diana Ellis, chairman of the Amateur Rowing Association, has received a CBE, as has Jane Holderness-Roddam, who retired as chairman of the British Eventing Board last year.

An OBE goes to Olly Croft, the founder of modern darts who created the British Darts Organisation in 1973.

Badminton mixed doubles pair Simon Archer and Jo Goode get MBEs. They won bronze at the Sydney Olympics, silver in the world championships, gold at the Manchester 2002 Commonwealth Games and won three grand prix titles. Leading women's squash player Cassie Jackman, from Norwich, also gets at MBE.